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As the Climate Crisis Deepens, High-Polluting Nations Must Start Paying Reparations

As the Climate Crisis Deepens, High-Polluting Nations M...

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The wealthy countries that are most responsible for greenhouse gas pollution mus...

How Winter Affects Our Mood and Behavior

How Winter Affects Our Mood and Behavior

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 1

From experiencing seasonal depression to feeling friskier, here are some ways wi...

The Genetics of Why You Look Like Your Great Aunt Mildred

The Genetics of Why You Look Like Your Great Aunt Mildred

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 25

Untangling the genetics that underlie facial features

Asexuality Is Finally Breaking Free from Medical Stigma

Asexuality Is Finally Breaking Free from Medical Stigma

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 26

New research on asexuality shows why it’s so important for doctors and therapist...

Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real

Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Scien...

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 2

Today’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American science fic...

Black Children Who Speak African American English Are Routinely Misdiagnosed with Speech Disorders

Black Children Who Speak African American English Are R...

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 21

Segregation has given rise to a distinct African American English. Speech profes...

What Better Gift for the Holidays Than a Monstrous Mystery?

What Better Gift for the Holidays Than a Monstrous Myst...

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 2

We’re looking back at 2023 for our favorite podcast shows and one about the larg...

See the Best Science Graphics of 2023

See the Best Science Graphics of 2023

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 2

Some of our favorite stories this year are best told visually

Morel Mushrooms Can Be Deadly, Food Poisoning Cases Show

Morel Mushrooms Can Be Deadly, Food Poisoning Cases Show

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 2

A deadly food poisoning outbreak highlights how little we know about morel mushr...

I Worked in Antarctica for Three Years. My Sexual Harasser Was Never Caught

I Worked in Antarctica for Three Years. My Sexual Haras...

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 4

Hundreds of support staff keep Antarctic research stations running. For decades,...

Internet Cables Offer an Unusual View of Thawing Permafrost

Internet Cables Offer an Unusual View of Thawing Permaf...

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 2

Fiber-optic cables buried in the seafloor off Alaska are helping scientists stud...

The Real Story Behind 'White Lung Pneumonia'

The Real Story Behind 'White Lung Pneumonia'

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 27

Separate outbreaks of pneumonia in children have cropped up in the U.S., China a...

How Dangerous Is Iceland's New Volcanic Eruption?

How Dangerous Is Iceland's New Volcanic Eruption?

SIN Dec 20, 2023 0 2

Lava spewed from volcanic fissures in Iceland as a long-awaited eruption finally...

Technology Is Secretly Stealing Your Time. Here's How to Get It Back

Technology Is Secretly Stealing Your Time. Here's How t...

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 3

Technology is supposed to save us time, right? Turns out, it’s stealing some of ...

Kākāpō Parrots Are Flightless, Adorable and Making a Comeback

Kākāpō Parrots Are Flightless, Adorable and Making a Co...

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 1

DNA sequencing, GPS tracking and tailored diets are slowly restoring New Zealand...

Vitamin D Hope and Hype, Cosmic Voids and Preventing Depression

Vitamin D Hope and Hype, Cosmic Voids and Preventing De...

SIN Dec 19, 2023 0 3

Alaska’s rusting rivers, einstein tiles and the new science of asexuality

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